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Chapter 24. Fortune-Telling

           Observingthathemadenosketch,however,andthathetalkedaboutbusinessonly,shebegantohavesuspicionsthatherepresentedsomecreditorofherfather’s,thebalanceduetowhomwasnotedinthatpocketvolume.RegardedfromthispointofviewMrPancks’spuffingsexpressedinjuryandimpatience,andeachofhisloudersnortsbecameademandforpayment.

           ButhereagainshewasundeceivedbyanomalousandincongruousconductonthepartofMrPanckshimself.Shehadleftthetablehalfanhour,andwasatworkalone.Florahad‘gonetoliedown’inthenextroom,concurrentlywithwhichretirementasmellofsomethingtodrinkhadbrokenoutinthehouse.ThePatriarchwasfastasleep,withhisphilanthropicmouthopenunderayellowpocket-handkerchiefinthedining-room.Atthisquiettime,MrPanckssoftlyappearedbeforeher,urbanelynodding.

           ‘Finditalittledull,MissDorrit?’inquiredPancksinalowvoice.

           ‘No,thankyou,sir,’saidLittleDorrit.

           ‘Busy,Isee,’observedMrPancks,stealingintotheroombyinches.‘Whatarethosenow,MissDorrit?’

           ‘Handkerchiefs.’

           ‘Arethey,though!’saidPancks.‘Ishouldn’thavethoughtit.’Notintheleastlookingatthem,butlookingatLittleDorrit.‘PerhapsyouwonderwhoIam.ShallItellyou?Iamafortune-teller.’

           LittleDorritnowbegantothinkhewasmad.

           ‘Ibelongbodyandsoultomyproprietor,’saidPancks;‘yousawmyproprietorhavinghisdinnerbelow.ButIdoalittleintheotherway,sometimes;privately,veryprivately,MissDorrit.

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